Bracken learns how to scrap
Nathan Bracken is not viewed as one of the hard men of cricket but as Will Swanton writes in the Sun-Herald , Bracken's punishing workouts with Troy Waters, the boxing champion, tell a different story.
Brydon Coverdale
25-Feb-2013
Nathan Bracken is not viewed as one of the hard men of cricket but as Will Swanton writes in the Sun-Herald, Bracken's punishing workouts with Troy Waters, the boxing champion, tell a different story.
Bracken leaves home at 4.30am to be at Waters's place by five. By 6.30, he can barely walk. He'll invariably have a NSW training session later in the day in Sydney. He was unsure about the merits of working with Waters until he jumped on YouTube and watched the second round of Waters's epic WBC super-welterweight championship fight against Terry Norris: three minutes of pure courage. Bracken now hangs on Waters's every word.
While Bracken is hardly mentioned as a Test candidate these days, his one-day team-mate Brad Hogg is preparing for a possible Boxing Day call-up. But in the Sunday Telegraph Bruce Reid and Len Pascoe, the former fast bowlers, explain why they think Australia should ignore Hogg and use a four-man pace attack.
In the Sunday Herald Sun, Keith Stackpole says Victoria's legspinner Bryce McGain would be a better spin option than Hogg, and Terry Jenner also sings McGain's praises in the Sunday Mail.
Brydon Coverdale is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets here